Talks on Artificial Life, Synthetic Biology, and Evolution

tags: science recommendations (September 28, 2009)

Evolution

The PBS Evolution project eight-hour television miniseries travels the world to examine evolutionary science and the profound effect it has had on society and culture. All full-length 1-2 hour episodes are available online.

Richard Dawkins' The Blind Watchmaker

Intelligent Design on Trial (PBS)

Synthetic Biology

In this TED talk Genomics pioneer Craig Venter takes a break from his epic round-the-world expedition to talk about the millions of genes his team has discovered so far in its quest to map the ocean’s biodiversity.

Odds and Ends

Are we prepared for dealing with the prospect that humanity is not the end of evolution? TechnoCalyps is a three-part documentary that tries to foresee the "singularity" Part I: TransHuman Part II: Preparing for the Singularity Part III: The Digital Messiah

Do you want to live forever? asks this biographical documentary about Aubrey de Grey – an enthusiastic visionary of immortality research.